‘Qui Tam Whistleblower’ Category

February 26, 2013 — Health care providers that submit false claims to Medicare and other government healthcare programs for nonexistent or unnecessary medical procedures cost the taxpayers money. To put a stop to the fraud, employee insiders are frequently in the best position to help. Health care workers themselves may become aware of the fraud or even be asked to participate in it....

February 25, 2013 — Medicare fraud schemes by durable medical equipment suppliers are frequently exposed by employees with the courage to file suit under the qui tam provisions of the federal or state False Claims Acts. Individuals who uncover Medicare fraud are authorized under the federal statute to file a lawsuit on the government’s behalf and retain a portion of any monies...

February 22, 2013 — In 2006, the IRS Whistleblower Office was set up to reward informants who notify the government about tax fraud and come forward with information that results in the recovery of unpaid tax payments. Under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the reward for IRS tipsters varies from 15 to 30 percent.

When tax fraud involves an individual person, the statute...

February 21, 2013 — The IRS Whistleblower Office was set up in 2006 to provide financial incentives to informants who provide the IRS with information that results in the recoupment of fraudulently withheld tax payments. Under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the IRS Whistleblower Office is authorized to reward tipsters with a share of any recovery made. The reward for IRS...

February 20, 2013 — Military contractor fraud results in millions of dollars’ worth of false claims filed with the federal government every year. The fraud can involve defective military equipment, overbilling for military supplies, improprieties in construction contracts, and a host of other fraudulent schemes. The fraud is usually discovered first by an employee working for the...

February 19, 2013 — From July through December of 2012, the State of Maryland recovered over $14 million from businesses that attempted to scam the state’s Medicaid program by submitting claims for reimbursement to which the companies were not entitled. The Washington Examiner reports that the vast majority of the money — $12 million — was recovered under the Maryland False Health...

February 16, 2013 — EMH Regional Medical Center (EMH) and North Ohio Heart Center (NOHC) in Lorain County, Ohio have consented to pay $4.4 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against the two health care providers by a former laboratory manager with EMH. Allegations of health care fraud are often brought to light when employees file suit under the qui tam provisions of the...

February 15, 2013 — Military equipment contracts are lucrative business for government contractors. But overbilling the government to cover the cost of bribes used to obtain the military’s business is a violation of the federal False Claims Act. When contractors do resort to bribery or fraud as a means to get military contracts, they sometimes pay their own employees to keep quiet. Other...

North Carolina resident Bruce Gregory Harrison, III has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for payroll tax fraud, failure to timely file individual tax reports, and attempting to obstruct an IRS investigation, according to the Justice Department. Mr. Harrison was convicted of failing to pay to the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) over $40 million dollars in federal taxes that he withheld...